Button loop



Aug. 19317 M G. HEATHER 1,820,068

BUTTON LOOP Filed Feb. 20, 1950 INVEZNT GE, B HEATHER ATTY Patented Aug.25, 1931 UNlTED STATES GEORGE B. HEATHER, OF WEST HAVEN,

connn'criour, assrenon TO THE WIRE NOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFWEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A COR- PORATION OF CONNECTICUT BUTTON LoonApplication filed February 20, 1930; "ser al No. 429,946.

This invention relates to button loops particularly adapted for use ingarment straps, the loop being specially adapted to be suspended at theend of a strap loop in readiness to be clipped over a button the shankof which may be urged from a button-receiving loop into a smallerretaining loop from which it cannot be unintentionally Withdrawn.

The objects of the invention are to provide, by bending a piece ofresilient wire, a reversible button loop of which the wire ends areoverlapped and provided, independently of an enclosing clip member, withan interlocking means limiting the relative outward movement of theoverlapped ends in the plane of the loop; and to provide such a buttonloop with means for securing the overlapped ends against relativemovement out of the plane of the loop. vVith these and other objects inView, as may become apparent from the within disclosures, the inventionconsists not only of the particular form herein pointed out andillustrated in the drawings but readily admits of certain modificationswithin the scope of what hereinafter may be caimed.

The character of the invention may be best understood by reference toone illustrative device embodying the invention and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings in which the Figure 1 is an upright elevation ofthe device in normal condition, a reversed elevation of which would beidentical there with; the Figure 2 is a side elevati-on of the device;the Figure 3 is an upright elevation of the device in expandedcondition.

The device is preferably made from a piece of resilient wire of which amiddle portion is bent to provide the suspension loop 1 and the springarms 2 and 3 depending therefrom to provide the associated loops 4 and 5in axial alignment and having an intermediate normally contracted throat6. The wire end portions 7 and 8 are relatively overlapped and theinterfacing surfaces of the overlapped portions are provided withdepressions 9 that reduce a section of each end portion 7 and 8 andprovide each with a shoulder 10 adjacent the wire extremity, asillustrated by the Figure 1. The shank S of a button within the loop 4,as illustrated by the Figure 1, may

be .nianu'ally' urged into thethroat 6 by expanding the button loop asillustrated by the Figure 3, the expanding of the loop causing theoverlapped end portions 7 and 8 to relatively slide along the plane ofthe loop, the expansion of the loop being limited by the interlockingengagement of the shoulders 10, as illustrated by the Figure 3. The clipmember 11 encloses the overlapped end portions 7 and 8 and secures themagainst relative movement out of the plane of the loop.

The button loop being reversible is adapted to be mounted upon a strapto prominently display the frontelevation thereof, as illustrated, or anopposite elevation not illustrated by reason of the fact that bothelevations are identical.

I claim 1. A button loop comprising spring arms cooperating to formassociated loops in axial alignment and having an intermediate normallycontracted throat portion, the ends of the arms overlapping and thefacing surfaces of said ends having depressions providing interlockingshoulders adjacent the wire extremities, the engaging shoulders limitingthe relative sliding movement of the end portions in the plane of theloops upon the expansion of the contracted throat;

2. A reversible button loop comprising a piece of resilient wire ofwhich a middle portion is bent to form a suspension loop, the remainingportions cooperating to form associated loops in axial alignment andhaving plane.

free extremities provided with interlocking shoulders limiting theirrelative movements to the plane of the loops upon the expansion of thecontracted throat.

4. A Wire button loop comprising spring arms cooperating to formassociated loops in axial alignment and having an intermediate normallycontracted throat portion, the ends of the arms overlapping and thefacing sur faces of said ends having depressions, providing interlockingshoulders adjacent the Wire extremities, the engaging shoulders limitingthe relative sliding movement of the v I end portions in the plane ofthe loops upon the expansion of the contracted throat por' tion, and aclip securing the overlapped portions against relatlve movement out ofsaid GEORGE B. HEATHER.

